Dionysis Papagiannopoulos (Greek : Διονύσης Παπαγιαννόπουλος ; 12 July 1912 – 17 April 1984) was a Greek actor. He was born in Diakopto in the northeastern part of Achaea in 1912. He studied at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece (Ethniko Theatro) in Athens and made his stage debut in 1938, appearing as the Knight in William Shakespeare ’s King Lear . He excelled in Shakespeare’s Hamlet as the Grave Digger and in Dimitris Psathas ’ Fonazei o Kleftis as General Solon Karaleon.
Stage and screen Dionysis Papagiannopoulos acted in all types of plays and appeared in more than 120 films in supporting and leading roles. One of his leading roles in cinema was O Kyr Giorgis Ekpaidevetai (Mr. Giorgis is being educated) (1977) which was the last film made by Finos Film and marked the end of an era. He also worked for television. One of his biggest successes was his role once again as Mr Giorgis for the television show Louna Park . He was generally considered as an actor with an enormous talent and incredible acting techniques. He always left a strong impression in all the roles he had, comical and dramatic. Remarkable was his work in the play To Megalo mas Tsirko by Iakovos Kambanelis, in which he portrayed Theodoros Kolokotronis , Eleftherios Venizelos and Karagiozis . Also he left a very good impression for his work in his last film, Voyage to Cythera directed by the famous Theo Angelopoulos .
He died suddenly at the age of 72, in his apartment on Alexandras Avenue, due to a stroke . The people of Diakopto erected a statue in his memory, although, during his life, some had opposed him due to political issues.
1. Voyage to Cythera (1984) .... Antonis 2. Koroido Romie! (1981) .... Fotis Firikis 3. Kathenas me tin trella tou (1980) .... Iordanis 4. O Kyr Giorgis ekpaidevetai (1977) .... Giorgis Kollas 5. Enas nomotagis politis (1974) 6. "Louna Park, To" (1974) TV series .... Kyr-Yorgis 7. O tsarlatanos (1973) 8. Lysistrata (1972) 9. An imoun plousios! (1972) .... Aristeidis Tsitsis 10. O magas me to trikyklo (1972) 11. O monahogios mou o... agathiaris (1972) .... Kleanthis 12. O Patouhas (1972) .... Saitonikolis 13. Pio trelloi ki ap' tous trellous (1972) .... Pelopidas 14. Yperohes nyfes... koroida gabroi! (1972) .... Arhelaos 15. Diakopes stin Kypro mas (1971) .... Hatzigiannis 16. Enas xenoiastos palaviaris (1971) .... Nikiforos 17. O epanastatis popolaros (1971) .... Dimaras 18. Kafta... psyhra ki anapoda (1971) .... Kleanthis Toboglou 19. I zavoliara (1971) 20. O apithanos (1970) .... Thomas Karalis 21. O daskalakos itan leventia (1970) .... Babis Hanos 22. Enas hippis me tsarouhia (1970) .... Pelopidas 23. Giakoumis, mia romeiki kardia (1970) .... Grantis 24. Natane to 13 napefte se mas! (1970) .... Tzevelakos 25. Omorfes meres (1970) .... Pantelaras 26. Trella koritsia, apithana agoria (1970) .... Nionios Hionatos 27. O trellos tis plateias Agamon (1970) .... John Agras 28. Zitountai gabroi me proika (1970) .... Evripidis Strouthambelos 29. O anthropos pou gyrise apo ta piata (1969) .... Spyros Lounas 30. Ena asyllipto koroido (1969) .... Mr. Haroupoglou 31. Gabros ap' ti Gastouni (1969) .... Periklis Karabisbikis 32. Gia ena tagari dollaria (1969) .... Jenny's Father 33. O gois (1969) .... John Christian 34. I neraida kai to palikari (1969) .... Fourtounakis 35. To nyfopazaro (1969) 36. Xypna, koroido (1969) .... Kyriakos Balores 37. Gia poion htypa i... koudouna (1968) .... Apostolis Labirikos 38. I arhontissa ki o alitis (1968) .... Mr. Katsaros 39. Doktor Zi-Vengos (1968) .... Apostolos 40. Empaine, Kitso! (1968) 41. Enas ippotis gia ti Vasoula (1968) .... Captain Fatouros 42. Enas kleftis me filotimo (1968) 43. Mermaids and Rascals (1968) .... Petros' Father 44. To kanoni kai t' aidoni (1968) .... Triandafyllou 45. O Mikes pantrevetai (1968) .... Panagiotis Sinaxaridis 46. Oikogeneia Horafa (1968) 47. Poly arga gia dakrya (1968) .... Mr. Menandros 48. O pseftis (1968) .... Thomas Argyriou 49. O ahortagos (1967) .... Mihalis Kapantais 50. An milouse to parelthon mou (1967) .... Leonidas Stergiou 51. Erotes sti Lesvo (1967) 52. Gabros ap' to Londino (1967) .... Kyriakos 53. O gabros mou, o proikothiras (1967) .... Hrysos 54. Gia tin kardia tis oraias Elenis (1967) .... Kleon Karamouzis 55. Kati kourasmena pallikaria (1967) .... Dr. Spiros 56. I paihnidiara (1967) .... Stamatis Stamatiou 57. Jenny Jenny (1966) .... Kosmas Skoutaris 58. 5.000 psemmata (1966) .... Aristeidis Fesarlis 59. I adelfi mou thelei xylo (1966) .... Mr. Fragopoulos 60. Ah! Kai na 'moun andras (1966) .... Othon Belalis 61. O babas mou, o teddyboys (1966) .... Mr. Foteinos 62. Dancing the Sirtaki (1966) .... Lefteris 63. Fouskothalassies (1966) .... Nikolis Sfakianos 64. Oi kyries tis avlis (1966) .... Nondas 65. Oloi oi andres einai idioi (1966) .... Menelaos 66. O xypolytos pringips (1966) .... Klearhos 67. Yparhei kai filotimo (1965) .... Thodoros Grouezas 68. Mia trelli... trelli oikogeneia (1965) .... Stelios 69. Fonazei o kleftis (1965) .... Solonas Karaleontas 70. Exileosi (1965) 71. Ftohos ekatommyriouhos (1965) 72. Kane me prothypourgo (1965) .... Kimon 73. Merikes to protimoun haki (1965) 74. Alygisti sti zoi (1964) 75. An eheis tyhi (1964) 76. Oi paides (1964) 77. Despoinis diefthyntis (1964) .... Mr. Thomas Vasileiou 78. O gyrismos tis manas (1964) 79. Lola (1964) .... Stelios 80. I soferina (1964) .... Judge 81. I villa ton orgion (1964) .... Lieutenant 82. Enas delikanis (1963) .... Mayor 83. O adelfos mou... o trohonomos (1963) .... Kosmas Karabismanis 84. To gelio vgike ap' ton Paradeiso (1963) .... Xenophon Haritidis 85. Htypokardia sto thranio (1963) .... Mr. Nikiteas 86. O kos pterarhos (1963) .... Karatzovas 87. Osa kryvei i nyhta (1963) 88. I pseftra (1963) .... Mr. Delipetros 89. Skandala sto nisi tou erota (1963) 90. Pagida (1962) 91. Agni kai atimasmeni (1962) .... Miranda's Father 92. Angeloi tou pezodromiou (1962) 93. O andras tis gynaikas mou (1962) .... Psychiatrist 94. Exomologisis mias miteras (1962) .... Vlasis 95. Ta hristougenna tou aliti (1962) .... Varanis 96. Klapse, ftohi mou kardia (1962) 97. To koritsi tou lohou (1962) .... Vasilis Georgiou 98. Pote de se xehasa (1962) 99. I zoi mou arhizei me sena (1961) 100. Exo oi kleftes (1961) .... Kleanthis Kleftodimos 101. Irthes arga (1961) .... Alexis 102. Myrtia (1961) .... Tsakalos 103. I Hionati kai ta 7 gerontopallikara (1960) .... Stylianos 104. Mia tou klefti (1960) .... Pafsanias 105. Amartola niata (1960) .... Simademenos 106. To koroidaki tis despoinidos (1960) .... Telis Karalis 107. To megalo kolpo (1960) 108. To nisi tis agapis (1960) .... Alexis 109. O Ilias tou 16ou (1959) .... Labros 110. O Ali Pasas kai i kyra Frosyni (1959) .... Ali Pasas 111. Bouboulina (1959) 112. Eglima sto Kolonaki (1959) .... Delios 113. Enas vlakas kai misos (1959) .... Sotiris Karamaounas 114. Epistrofi ap' to metopo (1959) 115. Erotikes istories (1959) 116. O Giannos ki i Pagona (1959) 117. I Liza toskase (1959) .... Mr. Papadeas 118. Stournara 288 (1959) .... Agisilaos Papafronimopoulos 119. Maiden's Cheek (1959) .... Makrydakis 120. We Have Only One Life (1958) .... Daoglou 121. Haroumenoi alites (1958) .... Tenoro de Fiasko 122. Mia Italida stin Ellada (1958) 123. Opou ftoheia kai filotimo (1957) 124. Tis tyhis ta grammena (1957) 125. Tria paidia Voliotika (1957) 126. Dva zrna grozdja (1955) 127. Stella (1955) .... Mitsos 128. Joe the Menace (1955) .... Chimpanzee 129. O anemos tou misous (1954) 130. To pontikaki (1954) .... Argyris 131. To stavrodromi tou pepromenou (1954) 132. Matomena Hristougenna (1951) 133. Ta paidia tis Athinas (1947)